Lesson 19 was with A Check ride instructor (Justin Kremer) and it was a flight where my abilities were checked to see if I could fly safely on my own now. For this flight we flew over to Pahokee (PHK) and did 2 t&g and departure back to HWO... did some vor tracking and stuff, good flight... we had about 17G22 90 degree winds at PHK... it was fun!
Lesson 20 didn't go too well. Its the same thing as 19, but more in detail. I didn't know how to get 'actual' GS so I failed on that, and also my times were within like 3-4 minutes (which is ok as long as within -/+ 5 mins) and I was following my MH even when I had my WPs in sight... so right there were 2 things I messed up. later on we had a simulated engine failure and I decided to choose some dirt field as my landing strip, but the winds were at 080 at 22 and I chose a road that was north/south and didn't verify my checklist, AND went below DCA 500 feet minimums. I should have chosen the dirt strip RIGHT next to the one I chose which was running E/W so it would have been a headwind... so 3 things I failed... at this point she asked if I want to cont. or not, I said 'of course, lets keep going' and she said ok and we did lost procedures... I got pretty close to where we were but she said that I shouldnt rely on VOR and use the map more for it. and she told me to divert to opa locka. that went pretty well and we did a tng at opa locka and headed home... I ended up failing it and had to repeat the things I messed up on.
I did a review flight with another CFI and we did some review stuff to put me back on track and also had to get some fuel at banyan at FXE... WOW! that place is NICE!!! I felt like an actual pilot with linemen/ramp agents and all :) we departed there and came back and did some soft/short field landings,.... they were good except I was told I need to be on the centerline... I also learned how to come back down to the runway with a failed engine on downwind :)
Today I repeated the parts I messed up and did some short/soft take off and landings to finish off the lesson. She said everythign went well and all my times this time were within seconds of each other :) and I got the GS this time too :) my landings were REALLY smooth EXCEPT I need to be on the center line she said! I can't believe I can't get that center line! I think what happens is I concentrate on making such a smooth flare that I forget i'm supposed to be in the middle! I will work on that with Juan before my solo.
Next up is lesson 21, solo time!!! :) After that I have Lesson 22 which is a dual xc (I think I will run out of money at this point and I just deposited 2 grand at lesson 18, and don't have any more money left so I don't know what will happen) and 23 is solo xc, 24 is another dual first and then supervised solo, and 25 is Team leader flight and 26 is stage check and my FAA exam! :)
Cliff notes: Lesson 19 was very well, learned how to effectively use flight following, and how to land with 20 knot direct crosswinds in a 152 and few other things. I can land very efficiently now :) Lesson 20 was not too good. messed up on the 1st one with getting actual ground speed, and following navlog and emergency landings. got it all fixed up after the review flight and passed it. she said I need to work on keeping the centerline when I land. Next up is solo, but it looks like I will be running out of money after the dual cross country which is lesson 22 since I only have like 700 bux left after I put in 2 grand... the mess up at 20 cost me roughly 300 bux
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